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In this episode of EmpowerHer: Voices For Change, Hemani meets with Professor Joni Seager, a Professor at Bentley University who has written articles for the United Nations and the World Wide Fund for Nature, to discuss the gendered-aspects of climate change and its effects both globally and in the United States. Professor Seager explains the phenomenon of "women being the safeguarders of water" and the repercussions this has when dealing with the climate crisis and the relationship between natural disasters and the surge of sexual violence that follows.
By Hemani PatelIn this episode of EmpowerHer: Voices For Change, Hemani meets with Professor Joni Seager, a Professor at Bentley University who has written articles for the United Nations and the World Wide Fund for Nature, to discuss the gendered-aspects of climate change and its effects both globally and in the United States. Professor Seager explains the phenomenon of "women being the safeguarders of water" and the repercussions this has when dealing with the climate crisis and the relationship between natural disasters and the surge of sexual violence that follows.